[Billy_bob_bob]

Don't worry, they'll just appeal it again and again and again until they get the ruling they want.

As far as rock music going away permanently, that just isn't going to happen. Music existed for centuries before record labels came along, and it will exist for centuries to come, music industry or no music industry.

Look at the basic paradigm. It used to be that just to record a song took tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment to record anything you would want to listen to. Then promotion, distribution, etc. all of which cost big bucks. Nowadays you can put together a very decent home studio for a couple of grand, and you can distribute and promote your music for free on the internet via MP3.com, IUMA and others.

I have an extensive collection of great songs that I've put together over the last few years, all off of the internet. I've paid nothing for any of those songs, and I've stolen nothing because every song I have was given away for free by the artists. Some of them I liked enough to actually purchase albums from them, so they accomplished their goal of making money, and I've accomplished my goal of finding new music.

Who needs a music industry when their idea of "great art" is bands like Linkin Park and Limp Biskit? Is anyone going to be listening to these bands in ten years? Who needs the opinion of some "program director" when I can audition and program artists myself?

[MattGarrett]

Especially when the studios and record companies could just adopt an HBO-style model.

Imagine ... would some people pay $12 a month for file sharing of music and movies? YOU BET.

So, rather than a potential revenue stream, the RIAA and MPAA are shooting themselves in the foot just to make a point.

Then Porn will adopt it, make millions, and then they'll do it anyway.

[LayoutGuru2]

Hey, I like some of that Limp Bizkit stuff. I wouldn't call it "great art", but I have a few of their MP3s on my JukeBox.